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United KingdomMRV fee help??!

And I see now that I completely missed the part that said select "pay for K-1 visa."  So much stress but so happy to be so close!


M & IFemaleUnited Kingdom2013-10-07 20:47:00
United KingdomMRV fee help??!

Thanks everyone!  So I'm guessing that the $30 courier fee that we were allowed to pay will have to be paid again?  *sigh*  They really make this difficult, don't they?!


M & IFemaleUnited Kingdom2013-10-07 20:45:00
United KingdomMRV fee help??!

My fiance finally got his letter in the mail and it has instructions to register with https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-GB/iv to pay MRV fee and courier fee.  Everything went fine and we were able to get the courier fee paid and then there was no option to pay for the MRV!  We've looked at the London Embassy site and we've found 4 places that says the $240 fee MUST be paid before the interview and receipt brought, which is Thursday, but there is no option!!  We called the people at usvisa-info and they said we didn't have to pay it until the interview day???!  EVERYWHERE on the embassy site it says otherwise, as well as the consulate reviews.  We called again and they routed us to the USCIS which was the wrong website and the wrong fee.  All we want to do it pay the fee so the visa can be issued.  Anyone have any advice??  I thought the end part would be easy but now I'm more stressed than when we started!  Gah!!


M & IFemaleUnited Kingdom2013-10-07 10:24:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionHelp!

Hi everyone,

 

We found out through our lawyer that my fiance's interview has been set for October 10th at 8:30am in London.  However, he still has not received his appointment letter.  We have called EVERYWHERE to try and get in touch with an actual person to send us his letter via e-mail or resend it in the mail.  Does anyone have any information on how we get in touch with the embassy?  I know that him having that letter is required for the date of his interview and we're running out of time.  We've called the lawyer and the switchboard at the embassy.  I'm also trying to get in touch with one of the ladies at my local congressman's office. All we need is an e-mail copy!

 

Thanks so much!


M & IFemaleUnited Kingdom2013-10-03 08:27:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsNOA2 in only 20 days!!!

Dang!!  Ours took 179!!  Happy for you!  And don't worry, you'll have plenty of time to get your stuff together; London kind of moseys along, but they get there!  Make sure when you register to pay the MRV fee you pick APPLY FOR K VISA and don't click select courier first or else you'll end up paying twice!


M & IFemaleUnited Kingdom2013-10-10 20:25:00
IMBRA Special TopicsAmerican fiance has domestic violence charge - please help!

Sorry if I was unclear. It IS a domestic violence charge (misdemeanor) that resulted in a $250 fine and 9 months probation. He just didn't remember what he was charged with until we got the papers yesterday. I was really hoping it wouldn't be for domestic violence :( I hope it works in our favour that his criminal record is sorta old at this point.

 

Do we need to have "proof" that it was in self-defense if we check off 3c? I figure that it wouldn't hurt for him to write a letter explaining the incident at least?


RedSpiderNot TellingCanada2014-07-29 15:44:00
IMBRA Special TopicsAmerican fiance has domestic violence charge - please help!

My fiance (American, I'm Canadian) has a domestic violence charge from 8 years ago in July 2006. It's a misdemeanor. Apparently, that alone would make us ineligible to petition? While I had read that somewhere, I am having a hard time finding it. My question is if we can check off 3c in the I-129F: "I committed, was arrested for, was convicted of, or plead guilty to a crime that did not result in serious bodily injury, and there was a connection between the crime committed and my having been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty." Do we have to prove that somehow? Can he write up what happened?

 

 

The charge is related to this incident: His ex-wife pulled a knife on him. She stuffed something in her mouth.. Fiance thought it was drugs, and tried to get it out as he was concerned with her overdosing. It turned out to be a piece of paper with a man's number that she was trying to hide. He says he didn't really injure her as he was just trying to get the thing out of her mouth. He ended up being more injured than her, but it wasn't serious (just a bunch of scratches). She called the cops. He got a $250 fine and 9 months probation. He didn't fight it because he wanted it to go away and did not know he'd want to marry a Canadian one day. He seems to think that because he always passes background checks and is employed by Serco (contracted by the US gov't) to process insurance applications that having this charge can't be "that bad."

 

 

We already have a document from the FBI that details all his charges, sentencing, etc, that we would include in the packet. We thought he might have a domestic violence charge, but weren't sure until we received his records in the mail. I'm really upset with what this will do to us. I'd appreciate any advice you all have. We cannot afford a lawyer. Thanks!


Edited by RedSpider, 29 July 2014 - 02:58 PM.

RedSpiderNot TellingCanada2014-07-29 14:57:00